CVE-2023-50229

bluez: The bluez packages contain the following utilities for use in Bluetooth applications: hcitool, hciattach, hciconfig,...

CVE-2023-50229 is fixed in 10 products on 1 platform, first by bluetooth 5.53-0ubuntu3.9, released May 2, 2024. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
8.0
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0229
83rd percentile

The bluez packages contain the following utilities for use in Bluetooth applications: hcitool, hciattach, hciconfig, bluetoothd, l2ping, start scripts (Red Hat), and pcmcia configuration files. Security Fix(es): * bluez: unauthorized HID device connections allows keystroke injection and arbitrary commands execution (CVE-2023-45866) * BlueZ: Audio Profile AVRCP Improper Validation of Array Index Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2023-27349) * bluez: phone book access profile heap-based buffer overflow remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2023-51596) * bluez: OBEX library out-of-bounds read information disclosure vulnerability (CVE-2023-51594) * bluez: audio profile avrcp parse_media_folder out-of-bounds read information disclosure vulnerability (CVE-2023-51592) * bluez: audio profile avrcp parse_media_element out-of-bounds read information disclosure vulnerability (CVE-2023-51589) * bluez: avrcp_parse_attribute_list out-of-bounds read information disclosure vulnerability (CVE-2023-51580) * bluez: AVRCP stack-based buffer overflow remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2023-44431) * bluez: phone book access profile heap-based buffer overflow remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2023-50230) * bluez: phone book access profile heap-based buffer overflow remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2023-50229) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
bluetooth · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 5.53-0ubuntu3.9 bluetooth 5.53-0ubuntu3.9 May 2, 2024
bluetooth · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 5.64-0ubuntu1.4 bluetooth 5.64-0ubuntu1.4 May 2, 2024
bluez · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 5.66-1+deb12u2 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50229 May 3, 2024
bluez · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 5.70-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50229 May 3, 2024
bluez · Debian 14 5.70-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50229 May 3, 2024
bluez · RHEL 9 0:5.72-2.el9 RHSA-2024:9413 Nov 12, 2024
bluez · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 5.53-0ubuntu3.9 bluez 5.53-0ubuntu3.9 May 2, 2024
bluez · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 5.64-0ubuntu1.4 bluez 5.64-0ubuntu1.4 May 2, 2024
bluez · almalinux 9 5.72-2.el9 ALSA-2024:9413 Nov 12, 2024
bluez · ol 9 0:5.72-2.el9 ELSA-2024-9413 Nov 14, 2024
bluez · rocky 9 0:5.72-2.el9 RLSA-2024:9413 Mar 17, 2025
bluez-cups · RHEL 9 0:5.72-2.el9 RHSA-2024:9413 Nov 12, 2024
bluez-cups · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 5.53-0ubuntu3.9 bluez-cups 5.53-0ubuntu3.9 May 2, 2024
bluez-cups · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 5.64-0ubuntu1.4 bluez-cups 5.64-0ubuntu1.4 May 2, 2024
bluez-cups · almalinux 9 5.72-2.el9 ALSA-2024:9413 Nov 12, 2024
bluez-cups · ol 9 0:5.72-2.el9 ELSA-2024-9413 Nov 14, 2024
bluez-hcidump · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 5.53-0ubuntu3.9 bluez-hcidump 5.53-0ubuntu3.9 May 2, 2024
bluez-hcidump · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 5.64-0ubuntu1.4 bluez-hcidump 5.64-0ubuntu1.4 May 2, 2024
bluez-libs · RHEL 9 0:5.72-2.el9 RHSA-2024:9413 Nov 12, 2024
bluez-libs · almalinux 9 5.72-2.el9 ALSA-2024:9413 Nov 12, 2024
bluez-libs · ol 9 0:5.72-2.el9 ELSA-2024-9413 Nov 14, 2024
bluez-libs-devel · RHEL 9 0:5.72-2.el9 RHSA-2024:9413 Nov 12, 2024
bluez-libs-devel · almalinux 9 5.72-2.el9 ALSA-2024:9413 Nov 12, 2024
bluez-libs-devel · ol 9 0:5.72-2.el9 ELSA-2024-9413 Nov 14, 2024
bluez-meshd · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 5.64-0ubuntu1.4 bluez-meshd 5.64-0ubuntu1.4 May 2, 2024
bluez-obexd · RHEL 9 0:5.72-2.el9 RHSA-2024:9413 Nov 12, 2024
bluez-obexd · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 5.53-0ubuntu3.9 bluez-obexd 5.53-0ubuntu3.9 May 2, 2024
bluez-obexd · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 5.64-0ubuntu1.4 bluez-obexd 5.64-0ubuntu1.4 May 2, 2024
bluez-obexd · almalinux 9 5.72-2.el9 ALSA-2024:9413 Nov 12, 2024
bluez-obexd · ol 9 0:5.72-2.el9 ELSA-2024-9413 Nov 14, 2024
bluez-tests · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 5.53-0ubuntu3.9 bluez-tests 5.53-0ubuntu3.9 May 2, 2024
bluez-tests · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 5.64-0ubuntu1.4 bluez-tests 5.64-0ubuntu1.4 May 2, 2024
libbluetooth3 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 5.53-0ubuntu3.9 libbluetooth3 5.53-0ubuntu3.9 May 2, 2024
libbluetooth3 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 5.64-0ubuntu1.4 libbluetooth3 5.64-0ubuntu1.4 May 2, 2024

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